Yellow and Black Beetle
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
February 8, 2012 5:26 am
I found this beetle on my lemon tree.
Signature: Jessica

Stink Bug Nymph

Dear Jessica,
This is not a Beetle.  It is an immature Stink Bug, possibly the Green Vegetable Bug, Nezara viridula, an introduced species with highly variable nymphs in many colors.  The Brisbane Insect website describes them thus: “The immature stages are brightly coloured with orange, red, black and green. “

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What is this?
Location: Lower New York
February 1, 2012 7:24 am
Hi, Do you know what kind of bug this is? I get them occasionally in the den of my house, but lately much more than usual. I have noticed it puts out a strong odor when messed with sometimes. I live in NY, in Westchester County, just above Manhattan.
Signature: Andrew

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Greetings Andrew,
This is a Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, an invasive species introduced from China that has become established in North America.  Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs frequently seek shelter indoors as the weather begins to cool.  We also have many native species of Stink Bugs and there are other True Bugs that seek shelter indoors during the winter.  They will not harm the home or its occupants, however, if plentiful, they can become a nuisance.  We featured links to these hibernating Hemipterans in our Bug of the Month feature for January 2012.

Thank you!  Cool, I thought it was a carpet bug.  Which to me sounds worse, but these stink bugs stink and are annoying.

Whats this bug!!!!
Location: Puerto Rico
December 4, 2011 9:36 am
Hey I’m doing a proyect about animals and I was wondering the name of the species of this bug. I found it at Puerto Rico. at night soo please replay as soon as possible thank you very much
Signature: Jenny

Stink Bug

I’ve found the name s Loxa viridis!
Jenny

Hi Jenny,
Congratulations on finding your own identification.  We were going to suggest that it might be the Stink Bug Loxa flavicollis, which is the only member of the genus represented on BugGuide.  According to BugGuide the type locality is Jamaica.  We cannot say for certain which of these two species is the actual correct identification, however, we are confident that we have both properly identified the genus.

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Tye Dye Colored Beetles
Location: Southern Yunnan, China
December 19, 2011 7:59 pm
Bugman what is this bug! I’ve never quite seen anything like it before, I’m hoping someone here has so they can help me identify it. I was walking through the rice paddies in southern Yunnan province, China when these beetles caught my eye. Bright pink and violet with tye dye looking spots. I know pretty much nothing about beetles so as far as my description of them goes, I hope the pictures are enough. They were found in the mountains, maybe a mountain tropical environment. Help me bugman!
Signature: erin

Jewel Bugs

Hi Erin,
We tried unsuccessfully to identify your species of Shield Bug from the family Scutelleridae, a group sometimes called Jewel Bugs because of their bright often metallic coloration.  We searched using both common names and the family name, and we were unable to find a match for your distinctly colored species.  Perhaps it has not been documented with photographs on the internet because of its remote location.  The Brisbane Insectwebsite has some good information and photographs of relatives from Australia. 

Jewel Bug

All of your photos show Jewel Bugs on similar leaves, perhaps the food plant.  If we were able to identify the plant, it might help in the identification of your Jewel Bugs.

Jewel Bug

Thanks so much for the info.  Being the bad beetle photographer that I am, or at least not thinking about what plant they were on at the time I took these photographs, I had moved the bugs to be on that specific plant.  It was better than where one beetle was, on the ground walking past some animal scat.  So I’m afraid the plant won’t help.  But thanks so much for letting me know it’s a jewel bug of the Shield bug family.  I really appreciate your help.
Thanks!